Horseshoe.



J. R. 4HIILLNIT. HUBSESHUE.

(Applenttm med June 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

will) MHH A OPA/EY UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. HOLLAND, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO IRWIN M. GRAYAND GERGE D. NASH, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, AND DANIEL S. STONE, OFSCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,917, dated March 4,1902.

Application filed I une 5, 1901. Serial No. 63,182. (No model.)

To @Zt whom, t may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had thereintothe accompanyingy drawings.

ro This invention relates to horseshoes, and

has for its objects to provide a horseshoe manufactured from angle-iron,to aiord a means of padding horseshoes with rubber and to improvehorseshoes generally.

i5 To this end the invention consists of the construction set forthherein and illustrated in the drawings, in whichf Figure lis an underside plan view of a horseshoe constructed according to my in- 2ovention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation vof one of my horseshoes attached toa hoof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on theline of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa cross-section taken on the line y y of Fig. 1.

Similar charactersof reference denote like and corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the plate or hoof iiange, and2'the ground or calk iiange, both being constituted from a piece of ironrolled into theform known as angleiron, being L-shaped in cross-section.In the construction of the angle-iron" to be used in the manufacture ofmy shoes, at intervals 3 5 the iiange 2 is widened or made heavier, asat 3 3, and these parts are then located so as to occupy the positionsthrough which the nailholes 4 4, &c., are to be made. This leaves anarrow cutting edge at 5, which serves as a toe-piece, and also narrowcutting edges at 6 6 to serve the purpose of ordinary heel-calks. Thethin portions of the rim- 2 may be hardened, so that they will wearlonger than the thicker portions 3 3. The rear portion of the shoe isbent out of the plane of the front portion in the vicinity of 7 7, sothat the rear portions 8 8 set downward, the lower edges thereof liningup in a plane with the tip of the This arrangement adords toe 9 of theshoe.

the equivalent of heel-,calks and, besides, 5o leaves a space betweenthe iron of the shoe and the hoof for a rubber pad 10, which pad issecured to the flange 1 of the shoe by means of rivets 11 1l, passingthrough rivet-holes 12 12. The rivets 11 should be short enough 55 sothat they are drawn down into the rubber below the level of the hoof, asillustrated in Fig. 3, and the rivets should also t loosely in the hole12., so that when the rubber is compressed the rivet may slide downward,as in 6o dicated by dotted lines at 13 in Fig. 3.

In constructing the iron part of my shoe an apparatus should be used tohold the front part of the shoe solid whilein the heated condition, andthe rear portions are then forced out of the plane of the front portion,so as to take the position indicated in Fig. 2. They may be pressed outof line farther or less, ac= cording to the demands of the user, butshould be forced out of line enough to accommodate 7o a rubber pad 10.The flange 2 may also be made uniform, if desired-that is, it may beuniform in thickness, if desired--so as to correspond with the thicknessat the points 3 3, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 4. 5

The nail-holes 4 are approached through furrows 15 15, &c., in theflange 2,which.fur= rows serve as a guide in directing the nail.

In using the device the rubber pads are riv'- eted to theironpart beforeattaching to the 8o hoof. The shoe is then attached by means of nails inthe ordinary way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The herein-describedhorseshoecomprising a front semicircular partprovided with the usual nail-holes, a rear part consisting of the heelportions bent out of the plane of the rest of the shoe and adapted toreceivea soft- 9o tread substance between the hoof and the shoe, thesaid substance being held to the body of the shoe by sliding rivetsarranged to slide downward through a flange of the shoe upon.compression of the soft tread, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. As anew article of manufacture, a horseshoe constructed fromangle-iron L-shaped in cross-section, and comprising a front portionBange of the shoe upon compression of the adapted to lie fiat againstthe hoof, and prosoft tread, substantially as and for the pur@ videdwith the usual nail-holes for the purpose specified.

pose of nailing the same thereto, and a. rear In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 5 part consisting of the heel portions bent out inpresence of two Witnesses.

of the plane of the rest of the shoe and adapted to receive a soft-treadsubstance between JOSEPH R' HOLLAND' the hoof and the shoe, the saidsubstance be- Vtnesses: d

ing held to the body of the shoe by sliding THOMAS B. KATTELL,

1o rivets arranged to slide downward through a ARCHIBALD HOWARD.

